Books in the Scottish Studies International series

Evolution of human rights, democracy, justice, threats to freedom in the Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution till today. Independence endangered by right-wing politics, neo-liberal economies, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, people's ignorance. Success of Scottish independence, citizens' movements.

This book examines Scotland from a great variety of international and disciplinary perspectives, offering viewpoints from ordinary citizens as well as experts in culture, history, literature, sociology, politics, the law, and the media. It deals with ethnic and sociological views of the Scottish independence in the past, present, and future.

This book examines the part played by Scottish newspapers in constructing identity during the key period of the devolution process from 1997-2011. It uses insights from cultural and media studies, sociology, cognitive science and narratology into the ways in which culturally defined knowledge and notions of identity have been constructed.

New insights are provided into the work of James Macpherson, Robert Burns, John Galt, J. M. Barrie, Walter Scott, James Robertson, David Greig, war poetry, new Scottish writing, and nature writing. Approaches from literary, cultural, media, theatre, history, political, and philosophical studies analyse old and new networking, media and art forms.

This book sets out to explore the reception of Scotland's best-loved writer Robert Burns in Germany, beginning in the life-time of the poet and ending only today. The author not only traces Burns's growing popularity through the ages but also analyses some of his best-known poems along with selected translations, such as "Tam O' Shanter".

Scott's influence on Scottish tourism is widely discussed. However, only a few scholars have provided a holistic analysis of the relationship between Scott and Scottish tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century. This book reveals how the myth of Scott has been created and appropriated at different stages of the development of the Scottish tourism.